According to the traditional definitions, a recession is two or more quarters of: negative nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. negative real GDP growth. a rate of inflation which exceeds real GDP growth. declining growth in real past GDP. In order to stimulate the economy out of the 20082010 recession, the Federal Reserve Board: printed more money than they have in decades. did everything they could to see that the federal deficit was reduced as much as possible. drove interest rates to their lowest levels in decades. lowered taxes, Since the stock market is the most accurate and reliable of the ten leading indicators, investors need indicators which provide more lead time than the stock markec. investors are able to reduce or eliminate uncertainty about trading stocks. investors are unable to forecast changes in stock prices. None of the above